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Dr Sima Barmania

Dr Sima Barmania is a medical doctor from London with an Intercalated degree in Community health science and a Master’s in Public Health from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has branched out of clinical medicine to focus on her passion for global health and currently is undertaking a PhD.

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Islam in Thailand: A new way forward?, Notebook

Islam in Thailand: A new way forward?

It seems apt then, that last week 4000 people in Bangkok convened to discuss ways towards bettering the Muslim community, not just individually but collectively.

By | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 25 July 2012 at 12:00 am

Doctors’ strike: Is it really just about greed?, Health

Doctors’ strike: Is it really just about greed?

Today is the day where doctors (some not all) take industrial action over government planned pension reforms; its arrival set against a backdrop of great controversy and debate.

By | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 21 June 2012 at 12:10 pm

Women under siege: The use of rape as a weapon of war in Syria, Notebook

Women under siege: The use of rape as a weapon of war in Syria

One organisation is working to document, highlight and publicise sexualised violence in Syria.

By | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 19 June 2012 at 5:30 pm

Syria: Why is the world just watching?, Notebook

Syria: Why is the world just watching?

We are sitting around watching the Syrian crisis, while evil is allowed to flourish. Dr. Sima Barmania tells us why this is unacceptable, and has a conversation with one of Assad’s old teachers, Dr. Mousa Al Kurdi.

By | Notebook, Opinion, iPolitics | Friday, 8 June 2012 at 5:56 pm

2011: The year of Barefoot leaders, The Foreign Desk

2011: The year of Barefoot leaders

So often the archetypal leader that one is accustomed to hearing of are the suited and booted CEOs, heads of states and politicians with the accompanying networks, resources and sphere of influence.

By | The Foreign Desk | Friday, 30 December 2011 at 4:43 pm

The Grandest Challenge: Taking life saving Science from Lab to Village, Health

The Grandest Challenge: Taking life saving Science from Lab to Village

It is hard to fathom that a society could exist whereby one population can expect to live into their eighties, whilst another population would expect to live only till their forties.

It is this shameful and disturbing reality which authors of ‘The Grandest Challenge- Taking life saving science from lab to village’, Canadian doctors Dr Abdallah Daar and Dr Peter Singer refuse to accept.

By | Health, Science & Technology | Saturday, 10 December 2011 at 2:41 pm

HIV narratives: Beyond numbers, Health

HIV narratives: Beyond numbers

In medicine, we can spend such a vast proportion of time perceiving those with illnesses as patients, or as statistical numbers that we fail to regard them as individuals. This is particular pertinent to people living with HIV, which are in excess of 30 million; It is such a colossal number it can be hard to comprehend. Despite the wealth of research into prevention and treatment of HIV which has made an undeniable impact on survival of populations, the experience of the individual unwittingly can be overlooked.

By | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 2 December 2011 at 1:49 pm

World AIDS Day: Looking to the future, Health

World AIDS Day: Looking to the future

30 years have passed since the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) published its first reported case of AIDS. Since then over 25 million people have died from AIDS and an estimated 33.3 million are living with HIV today.

By | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 1 December 2011 at 1:34 pm

Sport and peace: Is there another side to sport?, Sport

Sport and peace: Is there another side to sport?

This week seems to have been a particularly insalubrious week for the reputation of sport.

By | Sport | Friday, 4 November 2011 at 10:05 pm

Population 7 Billion: A time for the right questions?, Notebook

Population 7 Billion: A time for the right questions?

Today marks the much anticipated advent of the new era of a population of seven billion, the estimated day when seven billion people will inhabit the Earth, according to the United Nations Population Fund who have just published their latest report- State of the World population 2011- ‘people and possibilities in a world of seven billion’.

By | Notebook | Monday, 31 October 2011 at 1:59 pm

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